JabRef/jabref v5.7

JabRef Version 5.7

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Added

• We added a fetcher for Biodiversity Heritage Library. 8539
• We added support for multiple messages in the snackbar. #7340
• We added an extra option in the 'Find Unlinked Files' dialog view to ignore unnecessary files like Thumbs.db, DS_Store, etc. koppor#373
• JabRef now writes log files. Linux: $home/.cache/jabref/logs/version, Windows: %APPDATA%\..\Local\harawata\jabref\version\logs, Mac: Users/.../Library/Logs/jabref/version
• We added an importer for Citavi backup files, support ".ctv5bak" and ".ctv6bak" file formats. #8322
• We added a feature to drag selected entries and drop them to other opened inactive library tabs koppor521.
• We added support for the biblatex-apa legal entry types Legislation, Legadminmaterial, Jurisdiction, Constitution and Legal #8931

Changed

• The file column in the main table now shows the corresponding defined icon for the linked file 8930.
• We improved the color of the selected entries and the color of the summary in the Import Entries Dialog in the dark theme. #7927
• We upgraded to Lucene 9.3 for the fulltext search.
  Thus, the now created search index cannot be read from older versions of JabRef anylonger.
  ⚠️ JabRef will recreate the index in a new folder for new files and this will take a long time for a huge library.
  Moreover, switching back and forth JabRef versions and meanwhile adding PDFs also requires rebuilding the index now and then.
  #8868
• We improved the Latex2Unicode conversion #8639
• Writing BibTeX data into a PDF (XMP) removes braces. #8452
• Writing BibTeX data into a PDF (XMP) does not write the file field.
• Writing BibTeX data into a PDF (XMP) considers the configured keyword separator (and does not use "," as default any more)
• The Medline/Pubmed search now also supports the default fields and operators for searching. forum#3554
• We improved group expansion arrow that prevent it from activating group when expanding or collapsing. #7982, #3176
• When configured SSL certificates changed, JabRef warns the user to restart to apply the configuration.
• We improved the appearances and logic of the "Manage field names & content" dialog, and renamed it to "Automatic field editor". #6536
• We improved the message explaining the options when modifying an automatic keyword group #8911
• We moved the preferences option "Warn about duplicates on import" option from the tab "File" to the tab "Import and Export". koppor#570
• When JabRef encounters % Encoding: UTF-8 header, it is kept during writing (and not removed). #8964
• We replace characters which cannot be decoded using the specified encoding by a (probably another) valid character. This happens if JabRef detects the wrong charset (e.g., UTF-8 instead of Windows 1252). One can use the Integrity Check to find those characters.

Fixed

• We fixed an issue where the user could not rate an entry in the main table when an entry was not yet ranked. #5842
• We fixed an issue that caused JabRef to sometimes open multiple instances when "Remote Operation" is enabled. #8653
• We fixed an issue where linked files with the filetype "application/pdf" in an entry were not shown with the correct PDF-Icon in the main table 8930
• We fixed an issue where "open folder" for linked files did not open the folder and did not select the file unter certain Linux desktop environments #8679, #8849
• We fixed an issue where the content of a big shared database library is not shown #8788
• We fixed the unnecessary horizontal scroll bar in group panel #8467
• We fixed an issue where the notification bar message, icon and actions appeared to be invisible. #8761
• We fixed an issue where deprecated fields tab is shown when the fields don't contain any values. #8396
• We fixed an issue where an exception for DOI search occurred when the DOI contained urlencoded characters. #8787
• We fixed an issue which allow us to select and open identifiers from a popup list in the maintable #8758, 8802
• We fixed an issue where the escape button had no functionality within the "Filter groups" textfield. koppor#562
• We fixed an issue where the exception that there are invalid characters in filename. #8786
• When the proxy configuration removed the proxy user/password, this change is applied immediately.
• We fixed an issue where removing several groups deletes only one of them. #8390
• We fixed an issue where the Sidepane (groups, web search and open office) width is not remembered after restarting JabRef. #8907
• We fixed a bug where switching between themes will cause an error/exception. #8939
• We fixed a bug where files that were deleted in the source bibtex file were kept in the index. #8962
• We fixed "Error while sending to JabRef" when the browser extension interacts with JabRef. JabRef-Browser-Extension#479
• We fixed a bug where updating group view mode (intersection or union) requires re-selecting groups to take effect. #6998
• We fixed a bug that prevented external group metadata changes from being merged. #8873
• We fixed the shared database opening dialog to remember autosave folder and tick. #7516

Removed

• We removed the social media buttons for our Twitter and Facebook pages. #8774